Microwave and Millimetre-wave for 5G Transport

For over 20 years, microwave has been the primary solution for the rapid and cost-effective roll-out of mobile back-haul infrastructure with over 50% of mobile sites worldwide today connected via Microwave (MW) or Millimeter Wave (mmW) radio links, up to over 90% in some networks. The evolution from 4G towards 5G presents significant challenges to all transport technologies and wireless ones make no exception.The purpose of this paper is to show how MW and mmW technologies are able to fulfill all 5G requirements, both at transport and at network (end to end) level.